No, it stacks with your predecessors in ownership. You may have other options though. Evaluating potential adverse possession and boundary...

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My wife and I will be operating a sandwich shop in Washington Sate (Seattle to be exact).

Setting up an LLC is one component of protecting your personal assets. The company needs to be maintained properly and you need to ensure that you...

Can a neighbor place a fence across a duly recorded easement?

The general answer, in most cases would be "no", but I agree with the prior post that there can be circumstances where as easement could be deemed...

I understand that once I submit against my contractor for damages he caused, I can then submit a claim with L&I to his bond.

You need to add the bond to the lawsuit. There is a pretty good breakdown of how to do this on L&I's website. Note that if this contractor is...

Sent notice of intent to settle tortfeasor policy limits. What next?

As mentioned by other attorneys, you likely have a claim with your own carrier under your Under Insured Motorist coverage (UIM), so long as you did...

Is an e-mailed contract and e-mailed response from me legally binding, without actual signatures.

Most likely it is binding, though the terms of the contract may be in question. Most contracts can be written or even oral. An exchange of emails...

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We cut down a big maple tree that's on our side of the fence, but then neighbor says the property line runs in between...

If the tree is truly right on the boundary then you and your neighbor jointly owned the tree. I am attaching a link to a short blog entry I did on...

A person is trying to sue me directly and not my s-corp. Should he not be suing the corporation directly?

There are a variety of circumstances where an officer or owner of a corporation can be personally liable - though this is the exception and not the...

It would take an evaluation of the other surrounding circumstances, but with just the limited facts you have presented, you do likely have an...

I agree that the answer to this question largely turns on the terms of the contract. You may have the option to terminate or rescind the contract....